On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:44 AM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
>> At 07:29 PM 12/2/2009, SA wrote:
>>>
>>> So in the spirit of that thread: Are these people radicals could
>>> profitably ally with? (Insert your own definition of radical).
>>
>> I guess the question, for me, is what do you mean by "ally with"? I don't
>> think Hamsher will ever move outside of conventional politics or anything.
>
> I'm also very skeptical about allying with such people. Keeping tabs
> on who expresses dissent from Obama seems like an interesting parlor
> game, but nothing beyond that really. As you say, Hamsher is a loyal
> Democrat who will stick with her party in the end, just as some
> neocons express discomfort with Bush's big-government ways but will
> always ultimately support the Republican Party. More relevantly for
> me, her economic politics will be only limited to (mild)
> redistribution and the nation will be her political base unit. For me,
> that's not an opportunity; it's a trap.
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